Each Research Project is led by a Research Project Leader (RPL) — an early-stage investigator — supported by a Primary Mentor and one or more additional mentors, and by the four BRIGHT Cores.
Project 1: The Use of a Smartphone Application to Improve Delivery of an Integrated PTSD and SUD Intervention for Sexual Assault Survivors
The project will develop and pilot-test a smartphone companion application for "STEPS" (Skills Training and Exposure Post Sexual Assault), an integrated PTSD/substance-misuse intervention.
Personnel
| Name |
Academic Title / Affiliation |
Role |
| Christine Hahn, PhD |
MUSC |
RPL |
| Sudie E. Back, PhD |
Professor, Addiction Sciences Division, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, College of Medicine, MUSC |
Primary Mentor |
| Brian P. Marx, PhD |
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine |
Secondary Mentor |
Project 2: The mF2F Program — Bridging Digital Innovations and Trauma Care to Boost Health-Related Quality of Life among Black Men
This project will digitize Fade 2 Fitness (F2F) into "mF2F," incorporating content on traumatic stress and will (1) adapt F2F to a digitized delivery format and (2) assess the feasibility and acceptability of mF2F to improve health-related quality of life among Black men.
Personnel
| Name |
Academic Title / Affiliation |
Role |
| Guillermo M. Wippold, PhD |
Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina (USC) |
RPL |
| Marvella E. Ford, PhD |
Department of Public Health Sciences, College of Medicine, MUSC |
Primary Mentor |
| Derek Griffith, PhD |
Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania |
Secondary Mentor |
Project 3: Pilot Test of an Innovative Implementation Strategy to Improve Reach, Quality, and Equity in Child Maltreatment Prevention
Home visiting (HV) is the gold-standard child maltreatment (CM) prevention approach but is resource-intensive and reaches only about 3% of high-risk families. Dr. Hannah Espeleta has developed a telehealth-compatible, technology-enhanced hybrid in-person/virtual implementation package (TEIP) for "SafeCare," a leading HV model. This project will (1) refine and preliminarily evaluate the TEIP and the feasibility of the research methodology and (2) assess implementation factors — usability, acceptability, and feasibility — with key constituents.
Personnel
| Name |
Academic Title / Affiliation |
Role |
| Hannah C. Espeleta, PhD |
Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, College of Nursing, MUSC |
RPL |
| Kenneth J. Ruggiero, PhD |
Professor, SmartState Technology Application Center for Healthful Lifestyles, College of Nursing, MUSC |
Primary Mentor |
| Shannon R. Self-Brown, PhD |
Professor, Mark Chaffin Center for Healthy Development, School of Public Health, Georgia State University |
Secondary Mentor |
